10 Best historical fiction books like The Observer: A Novel by Marina Endicott

Cover of The Observer: A Novel by Marina Endicott

The Observer: A Novel

By: Marina Endicott

3.81

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

A spare and powerful new novel from the award-winning author of Good to a Fault and The Little Shad…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Observer: A Novel by Marina Endicott , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of The Adversary by Michael Crummey

1. The Adversary

By: Michael Crummey

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Innocents (“Extraordinary”— Wall Street … read more

Similar categories in Michael Crummey's The Adversary book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
Cover of Rage the Night by Donna Morrissey

2. Rage the Night

By: Donna Morrissey

3.97

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

At once the intimate tale of one man's quest to discover the truth of his birth and a riveting acco… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
"…it is in solitude where one finds one’s courage."

-Donna Morrissey, Rage the Night

"What use is any man if he doesn’t have a purpose?"

-Donna Morrissey, Rage the Night

"No sense of having anything if you’ve no one to give it to."

-Donna Morrissey, Rage the Night

Cover of Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

3. Learned by Heart

By: Emma Donoghue

3.51

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Eliza and Lister have never been this wide-awake in their lives, and the Slope, with its curtains d… read more

Similar categories in Emma Donoghue's Learned by Heart book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Future

By: Catherine Leroux

3.32

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own k… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
"It'll come back," Ulysses says again. "This place isn't made for disappearing, it's a place for resurrection."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

"The exact opposite of the huge car factories she imagines as the city's womb, a uterus that makes automobiles the way others make promises, or laws."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

Cover of Fayne: A Novel by Ann-Marie MacDonald

5. Fayne: A Novel

By: Ann-Marie MacDonald

4.26

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

A beloved writer returns with a tale of science, magyk, love and identity. In the late nineteent… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
"Byrn speaks and I understand him without effort, his words as clear as spring water. / Ask a favour of the plover, he says. Borrow her eyes. / Then I am flying through the air, and the flying is his …"

-Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fayne: A Novel

Cover of Snow Road Station by Elizabeth Hay

6. Snow Road Station

By: Elizabeth Hay

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the Giller Prize-winning author comes a novel, witty and wise, about thwarted ambition, unreal… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Hay's Snow Road Station book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canadian literature
  • canada
Cover of Closer by Sea by Perry Chafe

7. Closer by Sea

By: Perry Chafe

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER CBC Books “86 Works of Canadian Fiction to Read in the First Half of 20… read more

Similar categories in Perry Chafe's Closer by Sea book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
Cover of Recipe for a Good Life by Lesley Crewe

8. Recipe for a Good Life

By: Lesley Crewe

4.34

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe's new novel follows a mystery author with writer's block from… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
"Become an editor,' they said. 'You love books.' they said. I do love books; I just hate the people who write them."

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

"I met the Homeville Women's Institute, a whole gaggle of rural women who have monthly meetings to make their community better. They realized that by joining together they had a stronger voice, and th…"

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

"Life is like a recipe. What do you want in your life cake? What ingredients do you need to make it rise and taste wonderful? Sometimes the simplest recipe is the best, because the more you add to the…"

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

Cover of The Bittlemores by Jann Arden

9. The Bittlemores

By: Jann Arden

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwr… read more

Similar categories in Jann Arden's The Bittlemores book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott

10. And Then She Fell

By: Alicia Elliott

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous wo… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Elliott's And Then She Fell book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • fiction
  • canada
"Nothing I do is done solely for me. Everything is done to elevate Steve or Dawn, in some way. I'm an afterthought in my own life."

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

"A part of me wants to cry at this small request, because I know what that longing is like, what it means. I won't be there forever, but I will be there for her. For her sister. For her mother. I'll b…"

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

Cover of The Secret Keeper by Genevieve Graham

11. The Secret Keeper

By: Genevieve Graham

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War I… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Graham's The Secret Keeper book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
Cover of Denison Avenue by Christina Wong

12. Denison Avenue

By: Christina Wong

4.17

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vuln… read more

Similar categories in Christina Wong's Denison Avenue book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • fiction
  • canadian literature
  • canada
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Circle by Katherena Vermette

13. The Circle

By: Katherena Vermette

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Strangers comes a poignant an… read more

Similar categories in Katherena Vermette's The Circle book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canadian literature
  • canada
Cover of We Meant Well by Erum Shazia Hasan

14. We Meant Well

By: Erum Shazia Hasan

4.05

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A propulsive debut that grapples with timely questions about what it means to be charitable, who de… read more

Similar categories in Erum Shazia Hasan's We Meant Well book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • novels
Cover of The Observer: A Novel by Marina Endicott

15. The Observer: A Novel

By: Marina Endicott

3.81

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

A spare and powerful new novel from the award-winning author of Good to a Fault and The Little Shad… read more

Similar categories in Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • canadian literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
Cover of The Damages by Genevieve  Scott

16. The Damages

By: Genevieve Scott

3.61

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Sharp and propulsive, The Damages is an engrossing novel set in motion by the disappearance of a st… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Scott's The Damages book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Held by Anne   Michaels

17. Held

By: Anne Michaels

3.66

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Anne Michaels's Held book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • canadian literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."

-Anne Michaels, Held

Cover of Daughter by Claudia Dey

18. Daughter

By: Claudia Dey

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In Claudia Dey’s Daughter, a woman long caught in her father's web strives to make a life—and art—o… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Dey's Daughter book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • novels
Cover of Wild Hope: A Novel by Joan     Thomas

19. Wild Hope: A Novel

By: Joan Thomas

3.50

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Governor General’s Award–­winning author of Five Wives, a thrilling contemporary novel abo… read more

Similar categories in Joan Thomas's Wild Hope: A Novel book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Breaking and Entering by Don Gillmor

20. Breaking and Entering

By: Don Gillmor

3.53

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

In the midst of the hottest summer on record, a woman tests the increasing tension between our soci… read more

Similar categories in Don Gillmor's Breaking and Entering book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of The Clarion by Nina Dunic

21. The Clarion

By: Nina Dunic

3.64

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE AN APPLE BOOKS BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER… read more

Similar categories in Nina Dunic's The Clarion book and Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada

21 must-read fiction books like The Observer: A Novel by Marina Endicott

Transform Your Habits

The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Rage the Night

Donna Morrissey

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Learned by Heart

Emma Donoghue

3.51

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The Future

Catherine Leroux

3.32

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21 must-read fiction books like The Adversary by Michael Crummey

Transform Your Habits

The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Librarianist

Patrick deWitt

3.41

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Rage the Night

Donna Morrissey

3.97

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